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On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:25:56 -0500 |
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Mike Pagano <mpagano@g.o> wrote: |
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> Are there solid arguments for stabilizing any version of |
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> gentoo-sources? I think the valid arguments for not stabilizing |
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> gentoo-sources can be garnered from the thread about not stabilizing |
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> vanilla-sources[1]. |
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> This is in no way complaining about how long it takes to stabilize a |
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> kernel. It's just a fact that by the time we do stabilizing one, |
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> there might be many, many kernel versions released for that 3.X |
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> branch that contains security fixes for which the stable version will |
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> not have. Kernel versions are coming out 1-2 a week at this point. |
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There's also a problem to upgrade kernel for a user every 1-2 week by |
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hands using "make oldconfig" and reading smth like |
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kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges. Not everyone uses genkernel. |
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